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The advanced learner loan gives individuals access to financial support for tuition costs similar to that which is available for University students administered by Student Finance England.

The advanced learner loan is in place to help adults continue their learning with approved education and skills agencies throughout the UK. The loan essentially covers the cost of the selected course allowing you to learn, and not pay a single penny back until you’re earning over £25,000 a year!Read More

It’s almost that time again for the world’s largest fitness expo in Birmingham, BodyPower 2019!

This year BodyPower has undergone significant innovation and creative design as the whole layout has been altered. Nick Orton the CEO of Bodypower is now referring to the event as an ‘experience’ rather than expo as he believes these changes, will create memories to last a lifetime. For the first time in Bodypower’s history they have also set up an area focusing on health, where you can talk to professionals and ask them an unlimited amount of health questions. This area has been set up to focus on diabetes, physio tests, sexual health and importantly mental health.Read More

Have a look around your environment right now, what can you see? Nike Training Shoes? An Adidas shirt? Apple Iphone? Lucozade Sports drink? Branding is an identifiable sign of any tangible object, generally made up of the name, design, style, pattern, colours and symbols which distinguish it from its competitors.

Branding is an essential part of any product or business as it gives a recognisable feature, branding can benefit the business in multiple ways;

-Signposts your product/service – The fitness industry is packed with brands, you need to signpost your product and briefly show how its better than your competitorsRead More

We are proud to be working with some of the biggest gyms in the UK. We have been able to build up a great list of gyms to help our newly qualified personal trainers get the best start possible in the fitness industry!

We now have 6 different gyms that we work with closely to give our learners plenty of choice when deciding what to do when starting their journey as a fitness professional. Each gym has state of the art equipment, offers flexible packages for its personal trainers & allows for you to grow your own business in a big commercial gym.Read More

At Velocity PT Academy we a firm believers that advancing your knowledge & always learning is a key part of being a successful health professional. Because of this ethos we are regularly learning ourselves & continue to offer additional courses in the way of CPDs.

What is a CPD? CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development. It refers to the process of tracking and documenting the skills, knowledge and experience that you gain both formally and informally as you work, beyond any initial training. It’s a record of what you experience, learn and then apply. From this it allows you to learn in more specific areas, some of which may be more relevant to your career & goals.Read More

Velocity PT Academy are proud to announce a brand new training location in the heart of Manchester!

Over the past 4 years Velocity has grown from strength to strength & we aim to be the number 1 fitness training provider in the UK. In working towards this goal, we will be opening a second training location. Our head office and main training centre is based in Leeds which is where we have built Velocity. Now in 2019 we are ready to open our second training site!Read More

Why Choose Velocity?

Velocity PT Academy is an exclusive private training provider that has been set up by industry-experienced professionals to educate and inspire people to unlock their potential.

Velocity PT Academy has a vision to change the perception of personal training courses in the industry. We believe that in order to become a fully qualified fitness professional you need your learning experience to suit you as an individual, that’s why we have our 2 main study options of our part-time and online courses. But why choose us?Read More

Level 3 Qualified? What Does Level 4 Sports Massage Involve?

So, you are qualified in level 3 sports massage. Are you looking to further develop your skills making you a more knowledgeable & effective therapist?

Velocity PT Academy are proud to announce a new level 4 sports massage qualification! The course is an International level 4 certificate in sports massage therapy. The purpose of this level 4 qualification is to progress therapist’s understanding of advanced anatomical, physiological and pathological principles to aid the application of sports massage.Read More

Getting feedback from our students in crucial, it helps us develop and understand the areas which may need improvement. It also ensures to future students that we are the number 1 fitness training course provider.

Matt Welch

“I attended both the level 2 and 3 personal training courses at Velocity PT Academy. I found these courses to be excellent being both fully comprehensive and well delivered by an experienced tutor. I would definitely recommend Velocity PT Academy to anyone wishing to obtain any of their range of fitness industry recognised qualifications and would definitely use their services again myself in the future to further my own education in the field.”Read More